New Agenda on Sunday is out! Edition of 6th May 2018

Good morning everyone

Summer has arrived, hasn't it? With temperatures soaring to the mid twenties or even the thirties over this Bank Holiday weekend, we may be excused for throwing off our woolies and dragging the BBQ out from the back of the garage, wiping off the dust accumulated over the past months, and firing up the coals. Unfortunately, they are forecasting that it will become "less mild" over the coming week. Such is the way with Britains weather.

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An elderly woman waited for over three hours for an ambulance after falling in Weymouth town center this week. This is but one of a growing number of instances where cuts to the NHS have resulted in unacceptable delays in A&E departments, treatment appointments and in this case, delays in ambulance attendance. Notwithstanding that the majority of ambulance services are in fact operated by private companies, expenditure cuts invariably result in delays at the expense of patients.

It is a scandal and a disgrace and the blame lies squarely with this wretched government.

There is a consensus of opinion in the ranks of the media, even those on the right of the political spectrum, (which of course is the majority of them), that the government of Theresa May is crumbling into a fragmented, bickering shambles of conflicting views on customs arrangements following Brexit and the never ending problem of the "hard" border between the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom.

Read the full text at:

http://new-agenda2012.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/media-is-calling-for-snap-general.html

It seems that supermarket giants Sainsbury and ASDA are to merge, forming the largest supermrket group in the country and becoming bigger than Tesco, who until now have been the market leader with the biggest share of sales in the UK. Will the new Sainsbury/ASDA company (or SASDA as it could be known) have lower prices on their shelves and a few more helpful staff around the store, (rather than the, admittedly few, indifferent "assistants" wandering around at the moment)? Somehow I think not as history has shown us that over time the prices continue to rise, choice becomes even more limited and service declines.

A headline on the internet caught my attention this week which left me shaking my head in disbelief. The offending words, "The Queen shows how she is training Louis to be a Royal" epitomises the obssesion with royalty in the media and in many parts of society, which I personally find unhealthy.

The baby is only 22 days old for crying out loud. There are some moronic sycophants in the media.

Have a nice week

Comments

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